Kirkland was shot six times and has been recuperating in an unspecified Department of Corrections facility. He appeared before Judge Daniel Ford in a wheelchair.
SPRINGFIELD - The two men charged in the April 30 shootings that left 24-year-old Sheldon R. Innocent dead and two police officers injured were ordered held without right to bail at their arraignments in Hampden County Superior Court Friday.
Tamik J. Kirkland, 25 -- who escaped from state prison in Shirley in late April allegedly to avenge the shooting of his mother -- is charged with murdering Innocent, of Wilbraham, inside Bill Brown's House of Beauty at 945 State St. on April 30. The barber was critically injured.
Police said Kirkland then made his way to 49 Cambridge St., where he opened fire on a pursuing Springfield officer and a state trooper from the trunk of Smith’s girlfriend’s car in the driveway.
Kirkland was shot six times and has been recuperating in an unspecified Department of Corrections facility. He appeared before Judge Daniel A. Ford in a wheelchair.
He pleaded not guilty to 16 charges, including murder, attempted murder, three counts of home invasion, and a litany of gun charges.
Hampden County District Attorney Mark G. Mastroianni and defense attorney John S. Ferrara, who was appointed by the court, agreed to no bail on the murder charge. The ruling was entered without prejudice.
For the remaining charges, bail was set at $100 cash or surety for each.
Trevin T. Smith, 30, of 79 Penrose St., is facing accessory charges. He is alleged to have told his girlfriend to drive the car to an address on Burr Street after the shooting.
He then fled to Brooklyn, N.Y., where he eventually surrendered to officers and was returned to Massachusetts.
He is also charged with accessory before the fact of murder and two counts of reckless endangerment of a child. In the car were two children, his girlfriend's 12-year-old and a 6-month-old she was babysitting.
Smith pleaded not guilty. He was held without bail on the accessory before the fact charge and $100 cash or surety for the remaining charges.
Defense attorney Alexander Z. Nappan requested “some bail,” such as $100,000 or $1 million. The ruling was entered without prejudice.
The Hampden County Correctional Center in Ludlow expressed concern for Smith’s safety, so he is being held at Hampshire County Jail in Northampton.
Security at the arraignments was high, with eight court officers present, but there were no incidents.
A bail hearing for Smith is set for June 24. A pretrial conference is set for both on October 17.